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. 2021 Sep 23;8:738693. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2021.738693

Table 1.

Number and age-standardized rate of non-Hodgkin lymphoma incidence on a global scale by sex, SDI areas, and geographic regions in 1990 and 2019, and the percentage change of absolute number and the EAPCs from 1990 to 2019.

1990 2019 1990–2019
Characteristics Number ×103 (95% UI) ASR/100,000 (95% UI) Number ×103 (95% UI) ASR/100,000 (95% UI) Percentage change (%) EAPC (95%CI)
Overall 190.73
(179.03–203.62)
4.65
(4.37–4.93)
457.08
(416.89–498.78)
5.73
(5.21–6.25)
139.65 0.56
(0.45–0.66)
Sex
Male 108.17
(101.46–116.46)
5.64
(5.31–6)
266.09
(241.38–291.09)
7.20
(6.55–7.88)
146.00 0.78
(0.69–0.87)
Female 82.56
(76.85–88.72)
3.79
(3.52–4.05)
190.98
(169.14–210.59)
4.45
(3.95–4.91)
131.33 0.25
(0.11–0.40)
SDI
Low 6.19
(5.11–7.70)
2.10
(1.82–2.42)
14.55
(11.99–17.7)
2.19
(1.83–2.62)
135.21 0.38
(0.29–0.48)
Low-middle 15.89
(13.37–19.49)
2.09
(1.84–2.43)
44.48
(39.6–50.68)
2.99
(2.68–3.38)
180.02 1.32
(1.26–1.39)
Middle 28.46
(25.4–32.02)
2.18
(1.99–2.40)
94.44
(84.78–105.25)
3.84
(3.46–4.27)
231.89 2.42
(2.26–2.58)
High-middle 41.73
(39.17–44.57)
3.83
(3.59–4.09)
109.88
(98.18–122.32)
5.85
(5.24–6.48)
163.30 1.48
(1.35–1.60)
High 98.35
(92.37–104.10)
9.71
(9.15–10.25)
184.16
(161.68–206.62)
9.93
(8.84–11.11)
87.25 −0.37
(−0.56 to −0.18)
Regions
East Asia 21.61
(18.55–25.57)
2.12
(1.85–2.46)
95.93
(81.21–113.06)
5.04
(4.31–5.89)
343.84 3.57
(3.29–3.86)
South Asia 11.36
(9.17–14.82)
1.56
(1.32–1.88)
38.92
(32.86–47.02)
2.53
(2.15–3.01)
242.60 1.68
(1.61–1.74)
Southeast Asia 8.83
(7.57–10.28)
2.77
(2.44–3.17)
24.13
(20.67–28.16)
3.88
(3.34–4.49)
173.31 1.11
(1.07–1.16)
Central Asia 1.00
(0.87–1.18)
1.73
(1.54–1.99)
2.45
(2.12–2.84)
2.96
(2.58–3.39)
144.32 1.74
(1.55–1.92)
High-income,
Asia Pacific
12.23
(11.5–12.94)
6.30
(5.93–6.66)
36.24
(30.09–42.22)
8.06
(6.89–9.34)
196.31 0.70
(0.51–0.89)
Oceania 0.06
(0.05–0.07)
1.60
(1.37–1.84)
0.14
(0.12–0.17)
1.71
(1.46–2.03)
135.87 0.18
(0.11–0.25)
Australasia 3.01
(2.79–3.24)
12.95
(12.03–13.91)
5.54
(4.38–6.87)
11.31
(8.97–14.07)
83.95 −1.12
(−1.39 to −0.85)
Eastern Europe 7.62
(7.10–8.23)
3.05
(2.83–3.31)
13.38
(11.91–14.96)
4.61
(4.12–5.13)
75.60 1.77
(1.48–2.07)
Western Europe 48.09
(45.12–50.89)
8.95
(8.44–9.43)
88.44
(75.34–101.72)
10.11
(8.65–11.61)
83.88 −0.01
(−0.23–0.22)
Central Europe 5.54
(5.18–5.93)
3.99
(3.73–4.27)
12.27
(10.74–14.12)
6.49
(5.71–7.43)
121.54 1.76
(1.55–1.96)
High–income
North America
45.61
(42.72–48.3)
13.22
(12.42–14)
69.46
(59.74–79.49)
11.28
(9.74–12.9)
52.29 −1.20
(−1.43 to −0.97)
Andean
Latin America
0.86
(0.76–0.97)
3.34
(2.99–3.73)
3.59
(2.91–4.48)
6.21
(5.03–7.76)
318.27 2.41
(2.24–2.57)
Central
Latin America
3.23
(3.01–3.5)
2.82
(2.66–3.02)
10.40
(8.91–12.17)
4.32
(3.71–5.05)
222.07 1.46
(1.33–1.59)
Caribbean 1.59
(1.47–1.71)
5.39
(5.02–5.78)
2.82
(2.37–3.32)
5.58
(4.69–6.58)
76.95 0.17
(0.02–0.32)
Tropical
Latin America
3.51
(3.28–3.8)
3.04
(2.87–3.25)
9.27
(8.59–9.99)
3.92
(3.63–4.22)
164.46 0.99
(0.80–1.18)
Southern
Latin America
2.37
(2.18–2.57)
5.02
(4.61–5.42)
5.30
(4.15–6.73)
6.64
(5.19–8.44)
123.35 0.63
(0.34–0.92)
Eastern Sub-
Saharan Africa
2.16
(1.74–2.67)
2.41
(2.08–2.76)
5.41
(4.49–6.55)
2.78
(2.37–3.27)
150.53 0.58
(0.49–0.66)
Southern Sub-Saharan Africa 1.09
(0.97–1.21)
3.03
(2.69–3.35)
2.35
(2.05–2.67)
3.58
(3.16–4.02)
115.50 0.63
(0.48–0.78)
Western Sub-
Saharan Africa
2.62
(2.01–3.53)
2.00
(1.63–2.44)
6.76
(5.11–9.00)
2.32
(1.88–2.85)
157.65 0.35
(0.24–0.47)
North Africa and
Middle East
7.67
(6.32–9.3)
3.40
(2.87–3.97)
22.61
(19.76–25.81)
4.72
(4.15–5.38)
194.83 1.22
(1.08–1.36)
Central Sub-
Saharan Africa
0.66
(0.52–0.81)
2.26
(1.74–2.82)
1.67
(1.18–2.26)
2.34
(1.61–3.32)
154.33 0.17
(−0.01–0.35)

EAPC, estimated annual percentage change; ASR, age-standardized rate; CI, confidence interval; UI, uncertainty interval; SDI, sociodemographic index.